An Exeter silver Wine Funnel

An Exeter Wine Funnel. \nA silver funnel, 1833, by Isaac Parkin. The exterior of the funnel top is engraved in contemporary script: 'The Charles from his Grandfather CS.' Very few wine funnels from Exeter have survived. \n \nInterestingly, Parkin was not only a silversmith but an innkeeper [see MilesHarrison, 'Exter and West Country Silver, 1700-1900.'] Condition: \n

Good. Some wear to maker's mark and to the lion passant on the lower part.

Length - 13.50 cm.; Diameter - 9 cm.; Weight - 130.70 gms.